The Oryx platform judges that the ships will probably not be able to return to battle for the time being.
(Photo: via REUTERS)
Vienna When the first reports of explosions in Sevastopol began circulating on Tuesday evening, the city’s “governor” appointed by Moscow spoke of military exercises. At a quarter to three, Mikhail Razvoshayev was still reassuring: some drones had been shot down and the city was sleeping peacefully.
It was only in the morning that the Russians had to admit that the Ukrainians had succeeded in a severe blow against the Black Sea Fleet on the occupied Crimean peninsula: According to official information, they attacked an armed forces shipyard with ten cruise missiles and three naval drones.
Two ships were damaged and several employees suffered injuries. Usually well-informed Russian Telegram channels reported two deaths and 26 injuries.
Russian media and Osint specialists write that the Ukrainians hit the diesel-powered submarine “Rostov-on-Don” and the landing ship “Minsk”. The former entered service in 2014.
The “Minsk”, built in 1984, belongs to the Roputscha class. They were in the shipyard’s dry dock for repairs.
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